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  2. Disease-carrying mosquito found for the first time in Oregon

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    The Aedes aegypti mosquito has been trapped 77 times since late July in Jackson County. ... The mosquitos found in Jackson County were identified as Aedes aegypti by Jackson County Vector Control ...

  3. Aedes aegypti - Wikipedia

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    Aedes aegypti (UK pronunciation: / ˈ iː d iː z /; US pronunciation: / ˈ eɪ d z / or / ˈ eɪ d iː z / from Greek αηδής: "hateful" and / eɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ p t i / from Latin, meaning "of Egypt"), the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents.

  4. Los Angeles unleashes a new weapon in its fight against ... - AOL

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    The Aedes Aegypti mosquito is not native to the United States but has been in some regions for hundreds of years. ... the vector district plans to hatch mosquitoes in tiny insect dorms then give ...

  5. Dengue fever - Wikipedia

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    The principal mosquito vector of dengue, Aedes aegypti, spread out of Africa in the 15th to 19th centuries due to the slave trade and consequent expansion of international trading. [21] There have been descriptions of epidemics of dengue-like illness in the 17th century, and it is likely that epidemics in Jakarta , Cairo , and Philadelphia ...

  6. Mosquito-borne disease - Wikipedia

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    A. aegypti only and dengue distribution in 2006. Endemic range of yellow fever in Africa (2005) Endemic range of yellow fever in South America (2005) Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. Nearly 700 million people contract mosquito-borne illnesses ...

  7. Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus Surround Las Vegas - AOL

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    An Aedes aegypti mosquito sucks blood from a person in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on March 26, 2024. ... Aedes aegypti have tested positive for West Nile virus for the first time ...

  8. Stegomyia - Wikipedia

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    Ae. aegypti is the classical vector of yellow fever and dengue fever viruses and a ... Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) - yellow fever mosquito, Aedes africanus ...

  9. Aedes - Wikipedia

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    Aedes (also known as the tiger mosquito [1]) is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except Antarctica. Some species have been spread by human activity : Aedes albopictus , a particularly invasive species , was spread to the Americas , including the United States , in the ...